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Electronic apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium suitable for acquiring status information

Active Publication Date: 2018-03-29
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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The electronic apparatus described in this patent offers a system to downloa and monitor the status of applications on a computer network. The system includes a control unit to download applications from a server and store them locally, a status-information-acquisition unit to execute the applications and acquire status information, and a server to receive and use the status information. The technical effect is to provide a more efficient way to manage and monitor the status of applications on a computer network.

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[0014]In the following, an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the present disclosure will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5. In the following explanation, a MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) that is a combination peripheral machine having, for example, a printing function, a copying function, a FAX function and a data transmitting and receiving function via a network and the like is given as an example of an electronic apparatus.

[0015]First, as illustrated in FIG. 1, an MFP 100 is connected to a cloud server 200 and status-monitoring servers 400A to 400C via a network 300 such as the Internet. In FIG. 1, the case of one MFP 100 is illustrated, however, there could also be plural MFPs 100. Moreover, FIG. 1 illustrates the case of one cloud server 200, however, there may also be plural cloud servers 200. Moreover, in FIG. 1, the case of three status-monitoring servers 400A to 400C is illustrated, however the number of status-monitoring servers 400A to 400C c...

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Provided is an electronic apparatus that, even when extensions increase, acquires status information in a short time, and suppresses an increase in capacity of a storage device that stores firmware. A status-information-acquisition unit executes applications that are stored in an HDD (storage device) and downloaded from a cloud server (application-providing server), and acquires status information of each of the extensions. A system-control unit transmits the status information to a status-monitoring server, and deletes applications that are stored in the HDD (storage device). As a result, it is not necessary to re-create firmware for acquiring status information of each of the respective extensions, and it is possible to suppress an increase in the data size of applications incorporated in the firmware.

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE[0001]This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-190048 filed on Sep. 28, 2016, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium that are suitable for acquiring status information.[0003]For example, in an image forming apparatus that is a MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) such as a multifunction printer, combination machine or the like, there are models that are equipped with a printing function, a copying function, a FAX function, a data transmitting and receiving function via a network and the like. These functions are executed based on respective dedicated software, however, it is expected that functions will continue to increase in the future. Moreover, firmware for causing hardware to operate according to respective functions is updated to the latest versi...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/26H04L29/08G06F9/445
CPCH04L43/0817H04L67/34G06F8/60
Inventor SUGIMOTO, KENSAKU
Owner KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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